Port profile · MYKCH
Kuching
Kuching is a small natural river harbour on the South China Sea, in Malaysia. Its UN/LOCODE is MYKCH. Pilotage is not compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Kuching offers diesel, ship stores, fresh water and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Arrival profile
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Services and supplies
What Kuching offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Not compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 200 m
- Beam
- 35.6 m
- Draft
- 11 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Kuching, as the nautical port index records them. Depths are not shown: the index gives them as broad bands for one point in the port, too coarse to plan a call on.
Approach
- Shelter
- Excellent
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, heavy swell, ice, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- LNG terminal
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Kuching
Other Malaysia ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Tanjung ManisMalaysia · MYTMP
- SarikeiMalaysia · MYSAR
- SibuMalaysia · MYSBW
- BintuluMalaysia · MYBTU
- MiriMalaysia · MYMYY
- LabuanMalaysia · MYLBU
- Tanjung PelepasMalaysia · MYTPP
- Kota KinabaluMalaysia · MYBKI
Questions about Kuching
What is the UN/LOCODE of Kuching?
The UN/LOCODE of Kuching is MYKCH.
Is pilotage compulsory in Kuching?
No. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Kuching as not compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Kuching?
Yes. Kuching offers diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Kuching have a dry dock?
Yes. Kuching has a small dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Kuching can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 200 m long, 35.6 m wide, 11 m draft for Kuching.
Is Kuching a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Kuching.
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